Exercise Desert Rock
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- Publication date
- 1951
- Topics
- Exercise Desert Rock, Desert Rock, 1951, nuclear, nuclear testing, atomic, atomic testing, Nevada, Nevada Test Site, NTS, Buster Jangle, Buster-Jangle, Buster, Jangle, military, radiation, radioactive, fallout, Cold War
- Publisher
- U.S. Army Signal Corps
- Language
- English
- Rights
- This film has a license because of the personal work in technical processes of digitally improving this film's quality. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ This license for "ExerciseDesertRock1951" or "Exercise Desert Rock" is held by financially contributing administrators of the Nuclear Weapons Vault, the provider of this film.
A tent encampment was set up about 27 miles from where the atomic explosions were detonated on the Nevada Proving Grounds. The encampment housed about 5,000 Army soldiers, civilian observers and technicians. Troops spent hours in classes receiving training in radiation and nuclear weapons effects.
The following is a recorded interview between a sergeant and a training officer prior to a blast:
Question. "How many of your men would volunteer to go up and be in the
foxholes?" (one-half mile from ground zero)
Answer. "I guess about half a dozen."
Question. "It's quite a loud noise when that bomb goes off ... would it do
them any harm?"
Answer. "No sir, not the noise, no."
Question. "How about the radiation? Do you think there is much danger?"
Answer. "Radiation is the least of their worries that the men are thinking
about."
Question. "I think most thought radiation was the greatest danger, didn't
they? Where did they learn differently?"
Answer. "They were, prior to our instructions here. We received a very
thorough briefing."
For the Desert Rock I Exercise, the weapon was fired as an airburst. The majority of the troops were out in the open about seven miles away. The soldiers were told to crouch down and face away from the blast. The bomb flash blanked out the troops from view, and the flash was followed by blast winds and the noise of the explosion. Interviews with soldiers were conducted after the test.
Following the test, the troops were trucked toward the stationary military equipment used for experiments. The experiments were set up one-half mile and also at three miles from the blast. At three miles, the gun emplacements and military vehicles were undamaged, but at on-half mile damage was moderate to heavy.
There was a dialog error made in this military film. Near the beginning of the film there was a claim that these tests were conducted 75 miles northeast of Las Vegas, while they really were staged the same distance northwest of Las Vegas.
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http://www.archive.org/details/CastleCommandersReport1954
http://www.archive.org/details/MilitaryEffectsStudiesonOperationCastle1954
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http://www.archive.org/details/OperationDOMINICNuclearTests1962
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- Addeddate
- 2006-03-11 01:52:48
- Color
- Black & white, originated from 16 mm film
- Ia_orig__runtime
- 27 minutes 51 seconds
- Identifier
- ExerciseDesertRock1951
- Location
- Nevada Test Site, Nevada, USA
- Run time
- 27:51
- Sound
- sound
- Year
- 1951
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Subject: informative and disturbing
It is difficult to imagine, that Mrs. Clinton would take Obama's atomic-trike suitcase _and_ would actually make use of the device.
It is almost equally unbelievable, that somebody would mine for uranium-ore and pretend it is normal basalt-rock. If this would become known to the public, gigatons of shit would be hitting the fan.
Subject: Invalid license
Works produced by the United States Government are public domain.
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